This photo shows sheathing on under-construction homes in Wake County. House Bill 488 prevents local governments from requiring builders to have sheathing, which ties a home’s frame together, ...

A provision in a new state law barring most North Carolina governments from requiring inspections of the plywood and nails that hold a home’s frame together could leave many vulnerable to high winds, ...

Broward and Miami-Dade building code officials are struggling to make code changes in the wake of the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside. Task force board members in both counties have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether or not anything in your home is in fact "to code" is a mystery to most homeowners. Depending on the work that's been done ...

Whether or not anything in your home is in fact "to code" is a mystery to most homeowners. Depending on the work that's been done over the years -- whether it's an air conditioning unit replacement, a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An explosion ripped through an apartment building on Chicago's West Side Tuesday morning, leaving at least eight people injured. When something like this happens, the I-Team starts an ...